Executive Directors of Lloyds Banking Group

António Horta-Osório

Executive Director and Group Chief Executive

Joined the Board in January 2011

Appointed Group Chief Executive in March 2011

Skills and experience: António brings extensive experience in, and understanding of, both retail and commercial banking. This has been built over a period of more than 25 years, working both internationally as well as in the UK. António’s drive, enthusiasm and commitment to customers, along with his proven ability to build and lead strong management teams, brings significant value to all stakeholders of Lloyds Banking Group. António has a Degree in Management & Business Administration from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, an MBA from INSEAD and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

External appointments: António is a Non-Executive Director of EXOR N.V., Funda??o Champalimaud and Sociedade Francisco Manuel dos Santos in Portugal, a member of the Board of Stichting INPAR Management/Enable and Chairman of the Wallace Collection.

Former appointments: António joined Grupo Santander in 1993, having previously worked for Goldman Sachs and for Citibank, and held various senior management positions culminating in becoming Executive Vice President of Grupo Santander and a member of its Management Committee. In November 2004, he was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Santander UK and, from August 2006 until November 2010, served as its Chief Executive. António is also a former Non-Executive Director of the Court of the Bank of England and Governor of the London Business School.

Juan Colombás

Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

Joined the Board in November 2013

Skills and experience: Juan has significant banking and risk management experience, having spent 32 years working in these fields both internationally and in the UK. Juan was appointed to the role of Chief Operating Officer in September 2017 and is a member of the Group Executive Committee. He is responsible for leading a number of critical Group functions and driving the transformation activities across the Group in order to build the Bank of the Future. Prior to his role as Chief Operating Officer, he served as the Chief Risk Officer from January 2011 when he was responsible for developing the Group’s risk framework, recommending the Group’s risk appetite and ensuring that all risks generated by the business were measured, reviewed and monitored on an ongoing basis.

Juan has a BSc in Industrial Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, a Financial Management degree from ICADE School of Business and Economics and an MBA from the Institute de Empresa Business School.

External appointments: Member of the FCA Practitioner Panel.

Former appointments: Juan was previously the Chief Risk Officer and Executive Director of Santander’s UK business. Prior to this position, he held a number of senior risk, control and business management roles across the Corporate, Investment, Retail and Risk Divisions of the Santander Group. Until September 2017 he was the Vice Chairman of the International Financial Risk Institute.

William Chalmers

Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

Joined the Board in August 2019

Skills and experience: William has significant board level strategic and financial leadership experience including strategic planning and development, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital structuring and risk management. He has worked in financial services for over 25 years. William was admitted to the New York Bar in 1993, has a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude, from Harvard Law School and a First Class Honours Degree in Economics from Edinburgh University.

External appointments: None.

Former appointments: William was previously Co-Head of the Global Financial Institutions Group at Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he held a number of senior roles at Morgan Stanley, including Head of EMEA Financial Institutions Group. Before joining Morgan Stanley, William worked for JP Morgan, again in the Financial Institutions Group.

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